Somalia is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Kenya to the south, and the small country of Djibouti to the northwest. Also to the east is The Indian Ocean as well as the Gulf of Eden.
Northernmost coordinate 12 North 51 East Southernmost coordinate 1 South 42 East Easternmost coordinate 12 North 51 East Westernmost 1 South 41 East to 3 North 41 East
From Lancaster, PA, it is 773 miles south-east to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
Somalia is 246201 square miles, and surrounding countries are Ethiopia which has 935183 sq miles, Kenya has 224962 sq. miles, and Djibouti which only has 23200.
Somalia is mostly flatlands and has a lot of tall flat plateaus. It is in Sub-Sahara Africa so it is quite warm and is also right next to the ocean so it can get pretty cool at times as well.
The entire east half of Somalia and almost all of the north is coastline and to the west is the rest of Africa , Also to the north about 250 miles past the gulf of eden is the middle east.
The music is one of the most unique in the world because the music there is very little effected by outside influence. They have 2 independence days, June 26th from the UK and July 1st from Italy. Somalia has a very unique breakfast, it is like a pancake made entirely from bread, and is also very thin and is eaten in innumerable ways.they also have Barris iyo digaag suqar,which is a mixture of rice, stewed chicken and vegetables. Looks a lot like lo mein.
Economy
Despite what some think, Somalia maintains a somewhat healthy informal economy because they have large amounts of livestock. Agriculture is most important with livestock, usually accounting for 40% of the GDP. Livestock hides, fish, charcoal, and bananas are Somalia's principal exports, while sugar, sorghum, corn, at, and machined goods are the principal imports. It’s strengths are livestock exports counting for a huge majority of its gdp.
Currency is Somali Shilling 1 US Dollar is 1,646.22 Somali Shilling 1 Somali Shilling (SOS) is 0.0006075 US Dollar (USD) 1 SOS isn’t even 10% of a penny Agriculture is 65% of the land use in Somalia, and industry is 10% and services is 25% (2005) the Laborforce is almost all agriculture, 71% of labor force is agriculture and services and industries is a mere 29%
Somalia has a relatively low GDP/capita for its surrounding area, Ethiopia has 1,000 and Sudan has 2,200. But that area of the world is low because the rest of the world is a lot higher than the countries in that area... The U.S. has $47,400. (All in U.S. dollars) Somalia’s GDP/capita is 1.2% of what the U.s.’s GDP
Somalia is considered a least developed country because there is an extremely high crime rate, the literacy rate is 37.5%, and school life expectancy is 3 years! Infant mortality rate is higher than 1/10th, it’s 105.56/1000 infants born. There is an average of 6.35 children for every woman in Somalia.
Somalia fit’s in the south of the north south divide. The country has agriculture exports and they import machine goods, leather, clothing. The country has 71% of the workforce are farmers and others in agriculture. Somalia is one of the poorest countries in the world. It is part of the world bank, and it does get some debt forgiveness. It is not part or the World Trade organization however even though many think they should be.
Somalia is not part of any trade organization, how ever Somalia is constantly trading animals and livestock to the middle east.
Somalia is a threat on shipping in the area because pirates are always robbing ships, that goes from the gulf of aden in north Somalia through to the Indian ocean, south and west of Somalia, the straight in between Somalia and the middle east.
Population
population of Somalia currently: 9,133,124
Population of major cities : Mogadishu has 1,183,100 people Hargeysa has 231,000 people berbera has 213,400 kisimayo has 201,600 people
it will take 251.43 years for Somalia's population to double.
only 37% of the population can read and write
Infant Mortality Rate: 105.56 babies out of 1000.
Life expectancy At birth: 50.4 Years
Physical quality of life: 20.275
Ethic groups: 85% Somali, 15% Bantu and other, About 30,000 Arabs aswell.
99.9% Muslim
Main language is Somali, aswell as Arab, Italian, and some English.
Human Rights
98.5% of women in Somalia are being a victim of a horrible human rights violation. Female genital mutation is a requirement for all Somali women, and is considered a mortal sin if you do not. About 80% of women are getting type 3 FGM which is the worst one. They cut out the clitoral hood, and the labia majora, as well as narrowing the vaginal opening so only the size of a match stick can get through. Women need to get it unstitched just before childbirth and then restitched for just after childbirth. Which could cause in more problems such as more infections, etc.
Women in Somalia are being affected by multiple FGM complications such as Hemorrhages, Infections, Fear and depression, and Birth Complications. Also about 49% of women in Somalia reported abnormal bleeding from menstruation. FGM in Somalia is the exact reason why the infant mortality rate is higher than 1/10. FGM is declining in most sub-Sahara African nations but in Somalia it is still going strong and it must be stopped.
Enviorment Issues
Somalia has one of the worst enviorments in the world today It has alarming water- contact infections so they cant drink directly from the stream.it has schistosomiasis disease in the water which is a parasite and effects blood infections, chronic liver and kidney failure, a series of cancers. right-sided heart failure and stroke, which could also lead to paralysis. So they can't even drink from running water cause of the parasites.
other then poisoned water they also have the world's most attractive illegal hazordous waste dumping. which basicly means that they are the country that is doing the most illegal dumping of hazordous wastes. which is doing more and more damage over time. And along with that, they allowed Switzerland and italy to dump in somalia as well in order to make some money for the somali government. and somali can't really stop allowing them to dump because they have the weakess government in the world, it is almost if not already an anarachy so they dumping just keeps continuing.
Why I would not live there
There is a lot of reasons why i would not live in somalia. first of all, I would not live there because there is extremely high crime rates. Especcially near the east coastline there are pirates that go out and rob ships, but they will also not hesitate to rob anyone on land. And if i would not care about that, there is also national poverty where everyone is starving; every day is a fight for food.
the government there does absolutely nothing. it is basically an anarchy. If i were to go there at all it would be to feed a town and help the starving children
Works cited
Mohammed, Abdullah. "SOMALIA'S DEGRADING ENVIRONMENT." Welcome Banadir.com - Where News Is Always Free. Sweden Royal Institute of Technology, June 2001. Web. 24 May 2011. http://www.banadir.com/a.htm.
Somalia
Somalia
toc Geography
Economy
Population
Human Rights
Enviorment Issues
Why I would not live there
Works cited
Somalia is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Kenya to the south, and the small country of Djibouti to the northwest. Also to the east is The Indian Ocean as well as the Gulf of Eden.Table of Contents
Northernmost coordinate 12 North 51 East
Southernmost coordinate 1 South 42 East
Easternmost coordinate 12 North 51 East
Westernmost 1 South 41 East to 3 North 41 East
From Lancaster, PA, it is 773 miles south-east to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.
Somalia is 246201 square miles, and surrounding countries are Ethiopia which has 935183 sq miles, Kenya has 224962 sq. miles, and Djibouti which only has 23200.
Somalia is mostly flatlands and has a lot of tall flat plateaus. It is in Sub-Sahara Africa so it is quite warm and is also right next to the ocean so it can get pretty cool at times as well.
The entire east half of Somalia and almost all of the north is coastline and to the west is the rest of Africa , Also to the north about 250 miles past the gulf of eden is the middle east.
The music is one of the most unique in the world because the music there is very little effected by outside influence.
They have 2 independence days, June 26th from the UK and July 1st from Italy.
Somalia has a very unique breakfast, it is like a pancake made entirely from bread, and is also very thin and is eaten in innumerable ways.they also have Barris iyo digaag suqar,which is a mixture of rice, stewed chicken and vegetables. Looks a lot like lo mein.
Economy
Despite what some think, Somalia maintains a somewhat healthy informal economy because they have large amounts of livestock. Agriculture is most important with livestock, usually accounting for 40% of the GDP. Livestock hides, fish, charcoal, and bananas are Somalia's principal exports, while sugar, sorghum, corn, at, and machined goods are the principal imports. It’s strengths are livestock exports counting for a huge majority of its gdp.
Currency is Somali Shilling
1 US Dollar is 1,646.22 Somali Shilling
1 Somali Shilling (SOS) is 0.0006075 US Dollar (USD)
1 SOS isn’t even 10% of a penny
Agriculture is 65% of the land use in Somalia, and industry is 10% and services is 25% (2005)
the Laborforce is almost all agriculture, 71% of labor force is agriculture and services and industries is a mere 29%
GDP/capita
Somalia $600
U.S.$47,400
Ethiopia $1,000
Sudan $2,200
Somalia has a relatively low GDP/capita for its surrounding area, Ethiopia has 1,000 and Sudan has 2,200. But that area of the world is low because the rest of the world is a lot higher than the countries in that area... The U.S. has $47,400. (All in U.S. dollars) Somalia’s GDP/capita is 1.2% of what the U.s.’s GDP
Somalia is considered a least developed country because there is an extremely high crime rate, the literacy rate is 37.5%, and school life expectancy is 3 years! Infant mortality rate is higher than 1/10th, it’s 105.56/1000 infants born. There is an average of 6.35 children for every woman in Somalia.
Somalia fit’s in the south of the north south divide. The country has agriculture exports and they import machine goods, leather, clothing. The country has 71% of the workforce are farmers and others in agriculture. Somalia is one of the poorest countries in the world. It is part of the world bank, and it does get some debt forgiveness. It is not part or the World Trade organization however even though many think they should be.
Somalia is not part of any trade organization, how ever Somalia is constantly trading animals and livestock to the middle east.
Somalia is a threat on shipping in the area because pirates are always robbing ships, that goes from the gulf of aden in north Somalia through to the Indian ocean, south and west of Somalia, the straight in between Somalia and the middle east.
Population
population of Somalia currently: 9,133,124Population of major cities :
Mogadishu has 1,183,100 people
Hargeysa has 231,000 people
berbera has 213,400
kisimayo has 201,600 people
population density: 13 people / sq. mile
age distribution:
0-14 - 44%,
15-59 - 52%,
60+ - 4%
it will take 251.43 years for Somalia's population to double.
only 37% of the population can read and write
Infant Mortality Rate: 105.56 babies out of 1000.
Life expectancy At birth: 50.4 Years
Physical quality of life: 20.275
Ethic groups: 85% Somali, 15% Bantu and other, About 30,000 Arabs aswell.
99.9% Muslim
Main language is Somali, aswell as Arab, Italian, and some English.
Human Rights
98.5% of women in Somalia are being a victim of a horrible human rights violation. Female genital mutation is a requirement for all Somali women, and is considered a mortal sin if you do not. About 80% of women are getting type 3 FGM which is the worst one. They cut out the clitoral hood, and the labia majora, as well as narrowing the vaginal opening so only the size of a match stick can get through. Women need to get it unstitched just before childbirth and then restitched for just after childbirth. Which could cause in more problems such as more infections, etc.
Women in Somalia are being affected by multiple FGM complications such as Hemorrhages, Infections, Fear and depression, and Birth Complications. Also about 49% of women in Somalia reported abnormal bleeding from menstruation. FGM in Somalia is the exact reason why the infant mortality rate is higher than 1/10. FGM is declining in most sub-Sahara African nations but in Somalia it is still going strong and it must be stopped.
Enviorment Issues
Somalia has one of the worst enviorments in the world today It has alarming water- contact infections so they cant drink directly from the stream.it has schistosomiasis disease in the water which is a parasite and effects blood infections, chronic liver and kidney failure, a series of cancers. right-sided heart failure and stroke, which could also lead to paralysis. So they can't even drink from running water cause of the parasites.other then poisoned water they also have the world's most attractive illegal hazordous waste dumping. which basicly means that they are the country that is doing the most illegal dumping of hazordous wastes. which is doing more and more damage over time. And along with that, they allowed Switzerland and italy to dump in somalia as well in order to make some money for the somali government. and somali can't really stop allowing them to dump because they have the weakess government in the world, it is almost if not already an anarachy so they dumping just keeps continuing.
Why I would not live there
There is a lot of reasons why i would not live in somalia. first of all, I would not live there because there is extremely high crime rates. Especcially near the east coastline there are pirates that go out and rob ships, but they will also not hesitate to rob anyone on land. And if i would not care about that, there is also national poverty where everyone is starving; every day is a fight for food.
the government there does absolutely nothing. it is basically an anarchy. If i were to go there at all it would be to feed a town and help the starving children
Works cited
Mohammed, Abdullah. "SOMALIA'S DEGRADING ENVIRONMENT." Welcome Banadir.com - Where News Is Always Free. Sweden Royal Institute of Technology, June 2001. Web. 24 May 2011. http://www.banadir.com/a.htm.
Reymond, Laura. "PATH : Female Genital Mutilation – The Facts." PATH: A Catalyst for Global Health. PATH. Web. 24 May 2011. <http://www.path.org/files/FGM-The-Facts.htm>.
Somalia - Country Brief."
World Bank Group
. World Bank Group, Aug. 2009. Web. 24 May 2011. <http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/SOMALIAEXTN/0,,menuPK:367675~pagePK:141132~piPK:141107~theSitePK:367665,00.html>.
"CIA - The World Factbook." Welcome to the CIA Web Site — Central Intelligence Agency. CIA. Web. 02 May 2011. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/so.html.